A spokesman said Ergon Energy had received one request to have this outage deferred due to the hot temperatures forecast for today however the work was scheduled a number of weeks ago and customers were notified by mail in advance so they had an opportunity to make alternative plans if they wished.

The spokesman said postponing the outage at this late stage would be unfair on customers who had made other arrangements and then may need to do so again if it was rescheduled.

This outage is only one of a significant number scheduled across regional Queensland during this period and it would be impractical to postpone all.

He said Ergon Energy made every effort to minimise the number of customers affected by planned power supply interruptions, but some work can only be done safely when the power supply is temporality interrupted.